Fastener.



D. BAILEY.

FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 19. 1913.

1,150,482.. Patented Aug. 17,1915.

COLUMBIA PLANDGRAPH 50.. WASHINGTON. D. c.

DANIEL BAILEY, OF TECUMSEH, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF i FFTQE.

TO E. D. CI-IILSON,

0F TECUMSEH, MICHIGAN.

FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 17, 1915.

Application filed November 19, 1913. Serial No. 801,935.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL BAILEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Tecumseh, in the county of Lenawee and State of Michigan,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fasteners; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable. others skilled in the art towhich it appertains to make and use the same. 7 o

This invention embraces improvements in fasteners and relates moreparticularly to those of the separable type which are especially adaptedfor securing shoes and gloves, and which may also be used for otherpurposes.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide a separable fastenerof extremely simple construction, practical, and which, when inoperative position, will be concealed from sight.

Another object of the invention is to provide a fastener of this naturecomprising two separable members, one of which may be termed apassivemember and the other an active member, each of said members being formedfrom a spring metal plate.

With these and other objects in view as will become more apparent as thedescription proceeds, the invention consists in certain novel featuresof construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will behereinafter more fully described and claimed.

For a complete understanding of my invention, reference is to be had tothe following description and accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1is a plan view of the passive member forming a part of my improvedfastener, Fig. 2 is aplan view of the active member, Fig. 3 is a centrallongitudinal sectional view, showing the members connected to each otherand in their operative position, Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional viewadjacent the edge of the fastener, showing the same in its operativeposition, and Fig. 5 is a sectional view, showing the active memberdisposed at right angles to the passive member.

Referring in detail to the "drawings by numerals, 6 designates generallythe passive member which consists of a rectangular spring metal platehaving projections 7 formed upon the longitudinal edges adjacent theouter ends thereof. These projections are apertured to receive rivets 8,whereby the member may be secured to. one edge 9 of a glove or shoe orany other suitable article. The plate 6 is formed with a central seriesof openings 10 which provide a plurality of parallel transverseconnecting bars 11. The plate is also provided with a pair oflongitudinal slots 12 which divide said plate into a central section 13and two outer sections 14:. It will be understood that any number ofopenings 10 may be pro vided, and that the slots 12 may be of differentlengths with respect to the length of the plate.

The active member generally designated 15 is formed from a plate ofspring metal, said plate being formed with ears or projections 16throughwhichattaching studs or rivets 17 extend, said rivets being for thepurpose of securing the member to the portion 18 of the article to befastened or connected to the edge 9. The member 15 includes a body orbase portion 19, the spring arms 20, and hooked tongue 21. The springarms have their free extremities rounded, as clearly shown in Fig. 2,and are curved slightly adjacent said extremities from the plane-of thebody portion, as shown in Fig. 5. The tongue 21 is disposed between thespring arms 20, and has its free extremity bent to form a hook 22. Itwill be noted that the hook faces in a direction opposite to that inwhich the extremities of the arms 20 are extended, that the arms areadjacent the edges of the base 19, and that the tongue is disposed inalinement with the center of the base portion.

WVhen it is desired to connect the two members, the tongue is engagedwith one of the cross bars 11, and the base 19 is then swung flatlyagainst the passive member. When the tongue is engaged with one of thecross bars 11, the spring arms 20 engage the outer portions 14 of thepassive member and these arms are of such a length as to cause theseouter portions to be forced away from the active member when the latteris swung into the plane at right angles to the passive member, as shownin Fig. 5. As soon as the active member is swung from a plane at rightangles to the passive member so as to bring the inner faces of the twomembers closer to one another, the outer portions 14 of the passivemember will bear against the inner edges of the spring arms adjacenttheir extremities and cause the active member to snap into engagementwith the pasbut as the lines of force are practically the members, theywill not separate them, since a rotational movement of the members,relative to one another, is necessary before said members can bedisconnected.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, it will be seen that I have provided a fastener which, when inoperative position, is concealed from sight, which is extremely simplein construction, and which is so formed as to render accidentalseparation of its two members practically impossible.

While I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of myinvention, it will be understood that minor changes in construction,combination and arrangement of parts may be made without departing fromthe spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

Having thus claim 1. A separable fastener comprising a passive memberand an active member, the passive member having a pair of spacedlongitudinal slots to divide the same into a central section and twoouter spring sections, said central section being recessed to form aparallel with described my invention, I

Copies of this patent may be obtained for face of a divided member alongone edge 7 thereof, an active member, means for securing the activemember upon the inner face of said divided member along the remainingedge thereof, said active member including a tongue projecting from itsinner free edge for engagement around one of the connecting bars, and apair ofspring arms formed in opposite sides of said tongue and carriedby the active member for binding engagement against the outerspringsections of the passive member when the tongue is engaged around one ofthe connecting bars to cause the active member to move into operativepositionagainst the outer face of the passive member. t

In testimony whereof I aliiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

DANIEL BAILEY. "Witnesses; i I

FRED B. W001),

ALMA KLAFFENSTEIN.

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